Kyrie Irving and Michael Gilchrist have already teamed up to lead Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick to the New Jersey Tournament of Champions title.

Could they be pairing up together in college, too?

“We’ve considered it. We’ve talked about it,” Irving said in a recent interview. “We’re trying to do it but right now we’re just open in our recruiting process.”

And what school might the dynamic duo wind up at?

“Me and Mike, we talk about Kentucky mainly,” Irving said. “Coach Cal [John Calipari], he’s a great coach. And the whole coaching staff when I got to know them at Memphis, I have a great relationship with them. It’s just a top program.” Read more…

Roger Federer leaped into the air and slammed a skyhook overhead to punctuate his 7-6, 7-5, 6-3 over Tommy Haas in the Wimbledon semifinals.

Now Federer stands on the brink of history.

On Sunday he can break Pete Sampras’ all-time record by winning his 15th Grand Slam title against either Andy Murray of Scotland or American Andy Roddick.

Federer is just 2-6 against Murray, while he holds an 18-2 record against Roddick.

“I”ve had a lot of pressure every year so this is just another great opportunity for me to get into the history books,” Federer told ESPN. “Going for something that big this coming Sunday is quite extraordinary.” Read more…

Here’s an update from the U19 World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand…

Rutgers guard Mike Rosario had a game-high 28 points on 9-of-19 shooting but Puerto Rico lost to Greece 107-98 on Friday.

Fordham guard Jio Fontan added 15 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds.

In Puerto Rico’s first game Thursday, Rosario notched 17 points on 6-of-18 shooting, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in an 80-73 win over Lithuania.

Fontan added 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Team USA improved to 2-0 Friday with a 71-55 victory over France in which Seth Curry of Duke had 12 points, Gordan Hayward of Butler had 11 and Ashton Gibbs of Pitt scored 10.

Kansas’ Tyshawn Taylor , the former St. Anthony of Jersey City star who could go to the NBA after this season, tallied 7 points and 5 assists.

**Rutgers football will play a home-and-home with UCLA beginning at Rutgers Stadium in 2016.

“We are excited for our football program and especially for our fans to be playing UCLA,” Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti said. “This series will have tremendous national appeal anchored in the two largest media markets in the country.”

Tyshawn Taylor of Kansas scored a team-high 13 points and Duke’s Seth Curry added 12 to lead the USA U19 Team to a 106-55 victory over Iran Thursday. The U.S. will play France Friday.

John Shurna of Northwestern and Terrico White of Mississippi tallied 11 each and DeAngelo Castro of Washington State scored 11 points each, while Pitt’s Ashton Gibbs and Georgia’s Howard Thompkins (pictured) scored 10 apiece. Gibbs also dished our four assists and had two steals.

“One thing we did pretty well was shoot the ball and we made some extra passes, made good decisions,” USA and Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said. “We know we’ve got to get better as this tournament continues so this is the first one and hopefully we’ve got something to build on.”

**For my feature on Ashton and Sterling Gibbs, click here.

KEARNEY TO HOLY CROSS

Notre Dame associate head coach Sean Kearney got the nod as the new Holy Cross head coach, according to a report by FoxSports.com. Kearney was chosen over Pitt associate head coach Tommy Herrion and ABA coach Rod Baker.

Kearney, 49, has been an assistant to head coach Mike Brey at Notre Dame for nine years. A press conference is expected Friday.

ST. JOHN’S ELITE CAMP

The St. John’s Elite Camp is going on right now and the Johnnies have a number of talented locals on campus, including Kyrie Irving (St. Patrick), Jayvaughn Pinkston (Loughlin), Devon Collier (St. Anthony), Mike Taylor (Boys & Girls),  Myles Mack (Paterson Catholic, Kyle Anderson (Paterson Catholic), Kadeem Jack (St. Raymond’s) and Corey Edwards (Christ the King).

Speaking of Pinkston, he will remain at Loughlin and not attend Oak Hill (Va.) Academy, according to Kimani Young of New Heights. Pinkston had considered playing for Steve Smith at Oak Hill.

BIG EAST SKED OUT

The Big East schedule is out and Cincinnati plays at Rutgers, Seton Hall, St. John’s and UConn so New York area fans will have plenty of chances to catch Lance Stephenson in person. I’m sure at least a couple of those games will appear on SNY.

Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin probably owes John Calipari a nice steak dinner or at least a round of drinks.

If Calipari hadn’t left Memphis for Kentucky, Lance Stephenson would probably have landed at Kansas instead of Cincinnati.

But after Calipari took the Kentucky job, Xavier Henry, a 6-foot-6-inch wing out of Oklahoma who had initially signed with Memphis, opened up his recruitment and ultimately landed with the Jayhawks.

Kansas put Stephenson on hold, throwing his recruiting process into total disarray.

“The plan all along was for Lance to go to Kansas,” Cronin said. “They obviously did a great job recruiting him. There’s just no way I’d have thought we were going to get him at that point.

Read the full story at SNY.tv.

**Read the LANCE STEPHENSON TIMELINE HERE.

**See the VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH LANCE HERE and HERE.

New York native Doron Lamb says Kentucky is his leader, which is good news for the Wildcats.

The 6-foot-4, 175-pound Lamb told Jeff Goodman of FoxSports.com  that he’s “still open”, but that Kentucky “is at the top.”

He recently took an unofficial to Lexington.

“It was a great experience,” Lamb, the No. 5 point guard in the Class of 2010, said at the Paul Pierce Skills Academy in Boston. “The fans go crazy. I hung out with the coaching staff, John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins, and got to see the practice facility.” Read more…

I’ve been following the recruitment of Lance Stephenson for the better part of two years and I’m still a little shocked and awed that it’s come to a conclusion. Cincinnati was never in the mix throughout Lance’s recruitment, but became involved in recent weeks, when assistant coach Tony Stubblefield took the lead.

Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin also has ties to Lincoln High School, having recruited former Lincoln star Sebastian Telfair when Cronin was an assistant at Louisville.

Here now is a timeline of the many twists and turns in the Stephenson recruitment over the past couple of years:

June 30, 2009 - SNY.tv breaks the news that Lance will commit to Cincinnati; UC issues a press release confirming the commitment Tuesday evening.

June 29 - The sexual assault case involving Lance and teammate Darwin “Buddha” Ellis is adjourned for a second time until July 15.

June 28 - ZAGSBLOG.com quotes a Big East coach as saying that Lance is on the verge of signing with Cincinnati and that it will happen Tuesday.

June 26-28 - Lance and his family take an official visit to Cincinnati. It’s his fourth official, following trips to Kansas, Maryland and St. John’s. Read more…

Mike Taylor was among the talented local players who spent this week at the Rutgers Skills Development Camp.

The 6-foot-3 rising junior shooting guard out of Brooklyn Boys & Girls is a star on the rise and holds a slew of major offers.

“It was good, it was a nice workout,” Taylor said by phone. “We didn’t scrimmage. We were just working out. There were a couple of former NBA coaches there.”

Among other players attending the camp were Jayvaughn Pinkston and Brandon Frazier of Bishop Loughlin; Myles Mack, Derrick Randall and Kyle Anderson of Paterson Catholic; and Myles Davis and Dallas Angler of St. Peter’s Prep. Read more…

This much seems certain now.

Xavier Henry is staying at Kansas. Lance Stephenson is headed to Cincinnati. And Lance will not end up at Kansas in place of Xavier.

After meeting with his family and Kansas coach Bill Self Tuesday night, Henry texted various outlets to let them know he will be a Jayhawk for at least next season.

“I’m going to Kansas,” Henry texted to FOXSports.com late Tuesday night. “That’s final.”

As reported earlier, Carl Henry had initially told a Kansas City radio station that his sons could end up at Kentucky instead of Kansas.

All seems settled — at least for now.